This post was originally published on this site By Julia Conley In the latest troubling study regarding how the climate crisis is affecting the world’s iciest regions, a new report by the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) found that the second-largest ice sheet in the world is currently melting even in winter. The study … Read moreGreenland’s Rapid Ice Melt Persists Even in Winter

This post was originally published on this site By Eric Holt-Giménez Over eight decades ago, the Dust Bowl devastated over 100,000,000 acres of agricultural land and the Great Depression threw 15 million Americans out of work. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt instituted the New Deal with sweeping national programs for work, agriculture, food, and land conservation. … Read moreCould a Green New Deal Boost the Farm and Food Justice Movement?

This post was originally published on this site By Andrea Germanos Food safety advocates are expressing sharp disappointment with the final federal GMO labeling rule, released Thursday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). While industry-friendly Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue asserted in a press statement that the new standard for foods produced using genetic engineering … Read more‘A Disaster’: Critics Blast New GMO Labeling Rule From Trump’s USDA

By Abby Zimet To those patriots who consider our Pretender-to-the-Throne a reptilian shape-shifter, mazel tov: Now he officially is one. A small, blind, shiny, worm-like amphibian newly discovered in Panama which buries its head in the ground will henceforth be named Dermophis donaldtrumpi in recognition of his namesake’s climate change denial. The naming rights for … Read moreBlind, Burrowing, Thin-Skinned Worm Named After Climate-Denier Trump

This post was originally published on this site By Jake Johnson With people across the globe mobilizing, putting their bodies on the line, and getting arrested en masse as part of a broad effort to force the political establishment to immediately pursue ambitious solutions to the climate crisis, new research published on Monday provided a … Read moreHotter Planet Makes Extreme Weather Deadlier, New Study Finds

By Julia Conley A year after researchers at a New York university discovered microplastics present in sea salt thanks to widespread plastic pollution, researchers in South Korea set out to find out how pervasive the problem is—and found that 90 percent of salt brands commonly used in homes around the world contain the tiny pieces … Read more90% of Table Salt Is Contaminated With Mircroplastics